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Natural history of the UAE,
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SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT - IMMIGRATION
 E-gates at UAE road borders planned
Posted on 11/10/2011
Emigration clearance through various land borders of the UAE will be made easy with the help of a new state-of-the-art electronic gate system being implemented by the Directorate of Residency and Foreign Affairs .
Aabar system, a copy of the e-gate facility that allows easy entry and exit through the Dubai airports, will help Aabar card holders to get emigration, sitting inside their vehicles.
Speaking to 'Emirates24|7', Captain Khalid A bin Mediya Al Falasi, Director of IT Project
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 Visa change for homebuyers to spark UAE housing market recovery
Posted on 29/06/2011
The Government's move yesterday to extend visas for homebuyers is expected to provide a much-needed spark to the struggling property market.
The unavailability of long-term visas has been one of the key issues restricting home sales, property executives say. Under the new law property buyers will be able to obtain a visa for three years instead of the current six months.
"This is welcome news," said Richard Paul, an associate director of Cluttons, a global property company. "It's been
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![]() UAE residence visa validity reduced to two years
Posted on 09/12/2010
According to a new rule, the validity of UAE residential visa and labour card has now been reduced to two years. This new rule for all workers and employees in the private sector will be applicable from January 2011.
In a statement by Humaid Bin Deemas, Acting Director-General of the Ministry of Labour it was made clear that the UAE Cabinet has reduced the validity of labour cards of all categories of people who work in private sector from three years to two years in a bid to regulate the
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 Residents, visitors to UAE have photographs taken on entry
Posted on 19/10/2010
Residents and visitors to the country are having their photos taken at ports of entry in a measure aimed at boosting security, said a senior Ministry of Interior official.
Brigadier Obaid Muhair Bin Surour said the photographs are being taken "in a non-intrusive manner" as part of security and safety arrangements.
"This photograph system started two months ago and their photographs are being taken while they are passing through," he said.
Brig. Bin Surour said this will help reduce the
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![]() No new fees on GCC citizens for passing through UAE border crossings: MoI
Posted on 15/06/2010
GCC citizens will have no new fees to pay while crossing into the UAE via its land crossing points, the Ministry of Interior announced yesterday.
Major General Nasser bin Al Awadhi Al Menhali, acting Assistant Undersecretary of the Ministry of Interior for Naturalisation, Residency and Exits Affairs, expressed his astonishment at what an Arab Satellite channel has reported in its website about complaints from Omani land travellers on imposition of fees while passing through UAE's border
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 Women to get UAE visa rule boost
Posted on 12/04/2010
The Ministry of Labour plans to relax transfer of workers between companies to lessen dependency on foreign recruitment, a top official said on Sunday.
"A draft decision was submitted to the Cabinet to reduce fees for transfer of workers between companies to increase the productivity of the local work-force and thus reduce our dependency on foreign recruitment," Saqr Ghobash Saeed Ghobash, Minister of Labour, told Gulf News.
Ghobash said a study of the current fees for certain measures
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 Visitor visas valid only for single entry to UAE, Ministry says
Posted on 17/01/2010
Visas for visit, transit and tourism are valid only for a single entry into the UAE, said a senior official at the Ministry of Interior, adding that visitors cannot return using the same permit even after a trip to a neighbouring country.
Major General Mohammad Ahmad Al Merri, Director-General of the Dubai General Department for Residency and Foreigners Affairs, told Gulf News: "A visitor needs to get a new entry permit to re-enter the country once he or she leaves the country for any
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 Residence visa seekers to be fingerprinted
Posted on 23/07/2009
Residency departments across the country will manage a fingerprint identification system and database for all residents in the country, a senior official said on Wednesday.
"Starting next month, applicants for residence visa will be fingerprinted under a tighter biometric system to provide more secure identification and prevent fraud," Major General Nasser Al Awadi Al Minhali, Acting Director-General of the Federal Naturalisation and Residency Department told Gulf News.
He said fresh
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![]() UAE visa seekers will have to pass cultural test, report
Posted on 08/07/2009
Expatriates applying for residency visa in future will be tested in their knowledge of local culture. The resolve follows the Federal National Council calling for immigrants to have better understanding of UAE values and traditions, reports Khaleej Times. Quoting Ahmed Shabeeb Al Dhahiri, First Deputy Speaker of the Federal National Council, the paper said a committee would be established by October to develop strategies to improve understanding of the country among expatriates.
The Council
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 Officials discuss visa regulations
Posted on 18/06/2009
Acting Director-General of the Naturalisation and Residency Department Brigadier Nasser Al Awadhi Al Manhali yesterday met with directors of naturalisation and residency departments.
They discussed the ministerial decision on property owners and actual results so far. They also discussed ways to overcome implementation obstacles. The directors praised the decision, which regulates the issue of residency visas for property owners. They discussed regulations on entry permits for tourists as
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![]() Holders of UAE diplomatic, special passports exempted from visa to Luxembourg
Posted on 16/06/2009
UAE citizens who hold diplomatic and special passports will no longer need to apply in advance for visas to enter the Duchy of Luxembourg. The exemption follows a decision to task the Foreign Ministry with forming a commission to sign Memorandums of Understanding on reciprocal visa exemptions with other countries to facilitate the movement of UAE citizens. – Emirates News Agency, WAM
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 Multiple-entry visas for property owners to start from June
Posted on 05/05/2009
The General Directorate of Naturalisation and Residency will start the implementation of the new rule for issuing multiple entry visas for property owners starting from next month.
A new ordinance issued by Interior Minister Lt. General HH Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan last Saturday had given the right for the owners of property and residential units to enter the country on a multiple entry visa and stay up to a maximum of six months before exiting.
As per the rule, the multi-entry permit
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![]() Abu Dhabi Naturalisation and Residency Department seizes 24 illegal immigrants
Posted on 25/02/2009
The Naturalisation and Residency Department in Abu Dhabi has cracked down on 24 illegal immigrants sheltered by UAE national identified as H.M at his residence in Bani Yas.
Brig. Nasser Al Awadhi Al Manhali, director general of the department, said the accused UAE national was referred to The Bani Yas Court of First Instance, which fined him Dh2.4 million for harbouring infiltrators reported to have entered into the country illegally. He added that the accused was also sentenced to four-month
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 Dubai visitors can now get visas by e-mail, SMS
Posted on 19/02/2009
Residents and visitors can now receive entry permits and visas by e-mail and SMS through a new service introduced this week by the Dubai Naturalisation and Residency Department (DNRD).
The Mobile Visa (M-visa) scheme will extend to people overseas who are planning to visit the emirate. "This pioneering approach will make services of the department available to everyone living in the UAE and abroad," said Director-General Mohammed Ahmed Al Marri.
Khaled Al Rozooki, Assistant Director for the
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![]() Visas on mobile phones in Dubai
Posted on 14/01/2009
In a move to simplify the visa procedures, the Dubai Naturalisation and Residency Department (DNRD) will introduce ‘M-visas' (mobile visas) wherein the applicant will get his visa in the form of a picture SMS.
Initially, only visit visas will be issued through this service. The fee for this service has not been fixed yet.
"M-visas will be issued from February and all arrangements have been made for the new mechanism,” Rahul Dalwale, System Analyst at DNRD, told Khaleej Times on Tuesday.
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